>All editions include a stage for the ayupan AR app.

Can someone explain to me what an ayupan AR app is? I'm sorry if it was discussed in earlier posts -- hard to sift through pages and pages of photoshop discussion to find something useful. I get the impression it's an app for a phone or something, buuuut I don't have that. So is this stage basically just pretty filler? D:

Some keywords from S Cawaii:

-The title "Party Queen" gives Ayu a sad feeling. (I believe Ayu has said in the past she is not a party person...?)
-There are zero happy love songs.
-call was originally the first song, she switched it. (Doesn't say why)
-Eyes, Smoke, Magic and the last LOVE were composed by Timmy, they are musical-esque.
-Return Road and Virgin Road have no relation, even though many people have asked her.
-Shake It♥ is "gay" sounding (?). The "girls" in the lyrics is in reference to gay men, and how they refer to themselves in that way.*
-Tell me why uses the very masculine form of "I", "ore", which the first time she has done so in her lyrics.

*She used the word オカマ/okama when referencing Shake It♥, if that helps anyone. In Japan, many feminine gay men use "atashi" when referring to themselves, which is the feminine way of saying "I" in Japanese.
**She also mentioned the song which she wrote in the airplane going to London, but...I don't remember which haha. I think it was reminds me, but I can't verify that until proper scans come out.

basically they did the same thing here
I'll show you a random bad-photoshop pic of BB member to show that it's not a shadow
I cut it from a grey background to place into new white background
but I didn't blend his hair/head at all & left it like this
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2200/fcgh.jpg
it is really the same as the case with the cover edit

so,Timmy wrote some lyrics?Well...i'll wait until listen the songs but i think i prefer ayu as lyricist...

^ I'm sorry I meant composed, I fixed it. :)

musical-esque...?

To me hbya is kind of a happy love song though... Well i didn't listen to it but according to the lyrics and all it looks like one!

Then, no cutesy/cheesy lollipop song (apparently) :)

^^ A lot of it is written in the past tense, though, so I think there's some sadness in it. Also, it's kind of like, unrequited love.

(I also thought "Wait...what about Hbya?...) after reading the article though.)

And yea, musical-esque... haha.

Seeing as BRILLANTE was cinematic, I guess Timmy has a knack for these types of musical compositions?

maybe musicalesque = jazz song?

And its very interesting to see Ayu explaining this album's tracks in terms of their lyrics. I think this is definitely something we should look out for.

damn this is so interesting!! Finally more info about the song. Shake It is proabbly the club PV???

and now, im wondering what kind of song call is...it has to be strong enuf to pull off a lead track right?

and i guess that explains why ESM and tnL are bundled together...sensing the Jazz and drama in that segment of the album :)

wow I like that Eyes, Smoke, Magis is composed by Timmy! I have high expectations for this song :yes

Because she also has HUGE fans in these places, and those fans didn't notice that they might face such problem one day, cuz she used to look always classy and way higher than this .. But its true this is her decision, and she can wear and do whatever she want ..and we can't expect her to look the same forever..

for me if i like the cover i woudn't care about if people or my country would see this as porn cover.. I will have it in any way..

But its me also, i mean am not stupid or I have stone mind ..
but i have been following Ayu since am 9 years and now am at Uni and still obsessed about her .. and she is a big part in my life that makes me happy!
what i used to like the most about her .. that she would never do stuff like this.. she went high she is successful because of her true emotions in her songs, her natural beauty .. her kindness cuz she is different
not because she is racing with other famous ppl who would show more parts of their body and whom whatever.. This is ridiculous
I dont like to wirte my thoughts
but i am really sad that Ayu start to be like others :(
still i have the hope that she is not ..
and a part of her sadness is about this album shot that she dont like :)!
sorry for my lecture, I couldn't shut up more:P

Party queen...

This is getting really excitiiiiing, Ayu + "ore" reminds me of Takarazuka revue. I can't wait!

me too!
I loved BRILLANTE and hbya, so I bet it will be another amazing song. But even if wasn't composed by him, my expectations would be higher anyway lol. I really love that title :heart

thanks for all the info!!! :D

oh... seems Timmy one of the okama? =)

It's indeed a shadow, white colour reflects a lot of light, and because of that you only see the detail of the wall in the zone in shadow caused by Ayu's head, if you change the levels in photoshop you can see the wall behind:

http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/z...oryck/01-5.jpg

It's the same in this picture, the door reflects almost all of the flash light and you only see the detail in the shadow:

http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/z...oryck/02-7.jpg

The picture is indeed heavily retouched, but they haven't erased her arm nor pasted her under that thing

Party Queen isn't SO much cute.... Maybe it's just because I freaking love the music... Only the voice sounds cute to me.

Yeah the lines in the shadow are the lines from the door.

As I said, people just look hard for what's "wrong". :P

Yeah I think that the lightspot wasn't IN FRONT of Ayu (just like a normal camera), but is from above, that's why the shadow looks weird to us (maybe).

OMG. It finally makes sense lol.

Musical-esque? Makes me think of something like Bold and Delicious, or kiss o'kill - especially her live of kiss o kill, which was SO Phantom of the Opera.

I wasn't blaming anyone :S I was just saying why someone might be a little worried about buying/owning Party Queen. If someone's parents are so conservative that they would be upset about their child owning this album, it just sucks for the kid that they won't be able to buy the album, even if they themselves love the cover. So, that creates a problem. Buy the album and possibly get in trouble, or just not buy something they desire. How a country treats its citizens is irrelevant to my point.

My mum loves strong/sexy/provocative women,one her favorite singer is Monica naranjo(spanish singer,she's really hot...) So,maybe she start to appreciate Ayu seeing that cover when i receive my copy xD

Then I got you wrong, sorry!^-^

Haha thanks! I'll take what appreciation I can get lol. Luckily, the mods haven't seemed to have a problem with me :laugh

I am probably one of the more dry people on here...


Yay for a gay anthem!!!

Its okay. I'm just speaking from experience. When I lived in Japan I was living with my aunt who is somewhat conservative. When I was looking at possibly buying A BALLADS I had to reconsider, because when my aunt saw the cover she called it "disgusting" in a nasty tone, and that led me to not buy it out of shame, though I think its a beautiful cover. I didn't wanna deal with her questions and judgment, and her possibly sending me back to Canada prematurely. It sucked and I was upset.

oh I see! :)
poor work still because the 2nd pic has the same case but it looks...better?

The shadow thing shouldn't even be debated. It's a shadow of her face and you can even see her eyelashes in the shadow!

A bit of the PV and making of how beautiful you are were shown on Mezamashi TV today in Japan.

浜崎あゆみ 新曲プロモは強風の中で
歌手が歌う「how beautiful you are」のプロモーションビデオが届いた。このビデオは様々な愛の形を表現する事をテーマに、強風に立ち向 かっていく姿が描かれている。この曲はアルバム「Party Queen」に収録されている。

The theme is "love" expressed in a variety of themes. It does seem a bit like Christina Aguilera's Beautiful.

Source

People on Twitter have said that the PV is very beautiful/pretty.

^ oh so similar to X-tina's...:) good
I thought it was gonna be smth in English castle, LOL

oh...I was right the whole time since the last thread? Who knew.

lol j/k.

kinda.


Anyways...beyonces looks way more normal than ayu's does. I suppose they just liked the super white wall. Yes, their photoshoppers suck sometimes. I think they just forget stuff. It kinda is one of those pictures that looks okay from a glance, and then you start seeing weird stuff as you look at it a lot.

She seems to have lots of pictures like that...

I actually tuned into Mezamashi TV right as the PV snippets were showing!

The PV looks GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

awww you're so lucky XDD

my thoughts exactly!

truehappiness, stop teasing us!:D

can you specify GORGEOUS?! XD

spill da deetz th

Maybe the news snippets will bring some boost to "my" recochoku charts tomorrow, hopefully though unlikely :P

I am soooo excited for the hbya PV!!!

i can't even believe the topic of her arm being photoshopped or not is the hot topic in this thread.

^^I agree. #annoying lol

omg. how gorgeous????????????????? more details!!!!!!!!

edit: lol now I see a whole thread about it

That's how desperate a lot of people have gotten for information, haha. It's slowly trickling out though!

Not fast enough...UGH wish I could fast-forward two weeks!! haha

YES!

EDIT:
OMG, that video is pure amazing...
I think this might be one of my Favorites by her!
And I need to say it again... that dress is beautiful!

Wow...no happy love songs. ayu really must be in a dark place. hm.

funny because her releases usually coincide with my life...but I'm in love and in a happy place. maybe we've shifted for a bit.

After reading the new info tokyoxjapanxfan posted from S Cawaii, I'm actually getting excited about the album. NO HAPPY LOVE SONGS! :D

PV looks amazing
PS. OMG, Koh Masaki is in the PV too!! LOL

Usually when do the CMs for her album get released? because that's all im left with to see now haha

Around this time. If not now, then next week. They post it on her mu-mo page first usually.

It's kinda like you're excited that ayu is in a dark place...lol I get it though...some of her best music comes from dark places, but the catch 22 is that she's not happy. :/

I love her darker stuff. it's so much more personal and emotional...
it's true ayumi...
I love her happy stuff, but sometimes it just seems too forced for me.

so excited to read ayu explaining her tracklist!

ayu + "ore" + Tell me why = reminds me of Microphone!

really curious towards the next LOVE and Eyes, Smoke, Magic.

and yay to "There are zero happy love songs"!! but isn't how beautiful you are considered love song?

^^when/where did she "explain her tracklist?"

Where are you guys getting this from? About the no happy love songs thing too...

I don't think of how beautiful you are as a love song but more as a self empowerment track.

The lyrics COULD be interpreted as a love song, but it does seem like more of a self-empowering ballad.

it was posted a few pages back... let me see if i can find it!

EDIT:
here you go

^^ahhh I missed that...if I come home and there are pages and pages of posts, I don't go through them all...haha thanks

Yes! I'm happy to hear there are many dark songs.

^^I guess it's to be expected, given when she probably wrote the lyrics for these tracks.

I hope they're a dance-y, upbeat kind of dark though lol

+1 Agreed :yes

I just spotted the fish lips LOL
XD

I was thinking maybe they will release a Blu-ray of Party Queen and add a new PV (or more) so it can sell better than the FIVE Blu-ray.:plot

I will KILL avex...=.=

I like preview! I was afraid it will be one of the boring PV, but no!
that's her way to say "shut up" to all homophobes

Really means so much that she is now being forward about homosexuality. Especially in Japan. This is so inspiring and revolutionary for Japan. I wonder if she will talk about Like Grains of Sand! haha

I prefer darker music in general, even though I so love crazy happy songs...

but I think darker music doesn't necessarily mean she isn't happy.

reading all those facts
i'm excited! can't waittttttttttt!!!!

That's why I haven't preordered the album yet. I was really pissed last time when they announced the blu-ray version of FIVE. I really wanna preorder cd+dvd this time, but afraid that they'll do the same thing again..

http://i.imgur.com/K5hAy.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hPCcW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/nbzpx.jpg
extracted from TA

^

thanks!!! her leg in the last picture looks like a doll leg...

CD+2DVD is 1600x1050 here it is

^
*DROOOOLS*

thank you thank you

The one yellow nail is interesting, it makes me think of NL for some reason...!

I really don't mind her "wet hair" on these covers, although now I'm looking at the HQ, I think this would've made a great bonus pic on an extra-long obi a'la I Am... or along the CD spines like Kuu's 12 singles project...buy all 3 versions, get Ayu's butt! lol

Actually, if I'm not careful, avex may decide to do that next time.... >__>

I think the HBYA PV is gonna be like RAINBOWxHEAVEN and Endless Sorrow 2.0....about self-acceptance, although the lyrics scream "MANNIE!" to me...

I think it will be really touching :)

I don't really care either way about a "gay anthem" song...it's all equal to me (but that's going back to my thoughts on feminism...lol), but a new coming to terms with self PV, or conquering the odds setting would be amazing <3 RAINBOW, HEAVEN and Endless Sorrow are PVs that still make me emotional even now, so I think follow-ups are long overdue (glitter/fated tried, but it wasn't as epic as the HBYA preview looks).

But if the PV is black and white, what a waste of her awesome pink hair!! *__*

OMFG THANK YOU!

In this bigger pics it's clear that this by her head is a shadow, oh my, why haven't I seen this? xD

"Zero happy love songs" doesn't mean "Zero happy songs". She just maybe don't want that many songs about LOVE cause she might be tired. That doesn't mean she will get depressed and write only dark songs. She wrote so many songs about LOVE so maybe it's just a time to look for sth diffrent.

For ex: Party Queen IS HAPPY song. It's maybe ironical (who knows) but still: IT'S HAPPY.

does anyone notice her amrs in the 2CD + DVD ver? she seems to lose one arm =]]]

I dont know, for some reason in the middle picture.. i think it is just the CD version of the album... she looks.. dazed... or liked she is trying to put in contacts... lol

Well, considering what happened in her love life, prior to the release of this album, perhaps she's not inspired to write love songs. In fact, her last full album was entirely Love songs, lol.

PV looks nice :)

OMG, THANK YOU!!~

her left leg looks weird too.
if she wasn't so hot the bad photoshop would ruin this for me lol

I thought this PV was made in Dubai http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standar...one-s_head.gif

There is NO arm missing... This was pointed out a hundred times on this thread already x____x

We still don't why she came to Dubai, and if it was for a PV shooting, then this particular PV won't appear on Party Queen. Maybe for a future summer single. It would fit if it's the case ;)

Does anybody have another stream link for HBYA PV?
The other one stopped about 1/3 for me.

I'm getting really excited for the album!
It isn't that far away, why aren't there any previews yet?
Are they always that late for an Ayu album?

Here :)
http://vimeo.com/38165605

Thank you! :)

I really like the video. Love the message and how it's done with running against the wind at the end.
I actually like the video much more than the song. XD

they could have photoshopped in back in so it wouldn't look freaky :P

That music video was absolutely stunning, her best sicne Brillante imo.
And hearing that about Shake It.. E.X.C.I.T.E.D!

It also looks for me, if one arm is missing. You can see the arm in the mirror.. but not on her. And yes.. one leg also looks a bit strange.

What a weird PV. +1 for gay kissing though :laugh

I just opened this in school by mistake lol SUP AYU ARSE

wow, its so beautiful. Im so proud to be her fan once again. this is a must see video for everyone not just Ayu fans. This is incredible, Im happy its not just LGBT people, its all people who are not considered 'average' in society and whoever doesnt feel alright with themselves for whatever reason. I think message is wide, amazing and Im so in love with the song even more now...

With the HQ covers (which makes me adore them now, actually..) we can confirm it's shoes and not a body behind her in the mirror. haha..

I wonder if ayumi is going to turn into this gay pride message thing for japan... something like cher and lady gaga are in the states..

^Ayu has always been a 'gay' thing or some thing like that in Japan,hasn't she?I'll love her anyway,her music is just pure and gorgeous...

^ mhm, I think she always has, whether people see her for that outright, I dunno~

You can definitely see it here in HBYA, also in Lady Dynamite, GREEN~
I think she's just a very open-minded and supportive person :)

^ A BALLADS covers even, lol